Led Zeppelin's 1970 concert at the LA Forum has circulated as an audience recording for decades — and now, we can finally see it.
’s September
4, 1970 concert at the LA Forum is one of the group’s most famous concerts, thanks to the Live on Blueberry Hill LP that is widely credited as one of the first rock bootlegs. But footage from the show wasn’t seen until earlier this week when seven tantalizing minutes hit YouTube. Check it out right here.
The footage was shot by a fan named Eddie Vincent, who snuck a Kodak Brownie 8mm camera into the arena. “When my friends and I got to the Forum, I tucked it under my jacket,” Vincent says in the introduction to the video. “There weren’t any problems at the door back in those days. The seats were excellent, first row behind the stage. We were behind John Bonham’s gong, so you couldn’t really see him much, but the sound was great.
The wind-up camera could only film for 30 seconds at a time, and he kept it off most of the night, but he did manage to capture snippets of “What is and What Should Never Be,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Thank You,” and several other tunes. “During the acoustic set, John ducked behind the gong to grab a cigarette and very graciously acknowledged our slavish praise,” Vincent said. “He even posed twice for my still camera, and both times the flash failed to go off. Those pictures came out worthless, unfortunately. But a few others, along with that 8 mm film, survived.”
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